RE: Need Your Opinions re Simplified English (Can I quote you?)

Subject: RE: Need Your Opinions re Simplified English (Can I quote you?)
From: "Jonathan West" <jwest -at- mvps -dot- org>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 11:10:41 +0100



> Having said that, I have often had to "translate" documents written by
> engineers and programmers. When I say "translate", the documents were
> written in English, but in a strange dialect I call "programmerese". In my
> experience, those who learned English in a foreign language class often
> write more clearly than those who learned English at their mother's knee.

This rather reminds me of one of Nixon's sayings

"I know you believe you understood what you thought I said. The problem is
that what I told you isn't what I meant."

Not a good situation when safety is an issue...

Regards
Jonathan West



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